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Perhaps that's a concept related to our 'honorarium'? In the Scaife Viewer, the Word List gives this interesting definition:

τιμή that which is paid in token of worth

Which brings me to διπλῆς τιμῆς ... how should I understand that phrase? Are there any particularly good articles that I should look at? Or other quotes from the classical literature or other sources that are particularly helpful?

Or Is there a connection with this rabbinic idea and Jesus’ comment at Matt 23:15?

After his apostasy, Aher asked R. Meir [a question], saying to him: What is the meaning of the verse: God hath made even the one as ivell as the other? He replied: It means that for everything that God created He created [also] its counterpart. He created mountains, and created hills; He created seas, and created rivers. Said [Aher] to Him: R. Akiba, thy master, did not explain it thus, but [as follows]: He created righteous, and created wicked; He created the Garden of Eden, and created Gehinnom. Everyone has two portions, one in the Garden of Eden and one in Gehinnom. The righteous man, being meritorious, takes his own portion and his fellow's portion in the Garden of Eden. The wicked man, being guilty, takes his own portion and his fellow's portion in Gehinnom. R. Mesharsheya said: What is the Biblical proof for this? In the case of the righteous, it is written: Therefore in their land they shall possess double. In the case of the wicked it is written: And destroy them with double destruction. 55 Two Powers, Segal pg 22

Matt 23:15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you travel over sea and dry land to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him a subject for Ge·henʹna twice as much so as yourselves.